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Creative Actors Lab

Max and Kelley Grimm

Join Max and Kelley Grimm as we explore ways to incorporate creativity into your everyday life. Once we give ourselves permission to feel inspired by allowing our imaginations to flourish, we can reignite that childlike joy to create without being self-conscious.

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All Episodes

43:04

Unpacking Your Creative Toolbox - Part 1

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/09/04

In this week's episode, Max and Kelley look at different techniques of using creativity for problem solving from using randomization like bibliomancy (opening a random text and pointing to a word or sentence for inspiration) to techniques use by Carl Jung and Salvadore Dali for dream interpretation. Max explains the difference between intuition and intellect and that in problem solving you can't use the same mentality that created the problem to solve it. The creative prompt for this

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38:29

The Art of Commedia

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/08/28

In this episode, Max and Kelley look at Commedia dell'arte stock characters and how an Italian improvisational art form from the 1600s still influences what we watch today, from sitcoms like The Office, Friends, and Brooklyn 99 to cartoons like Sponge Bob Squarepants to shows like Succession. We also look at how Commedia was the first theatrical art that allowed women to perform and that it was used as a form of political protest against Napolean. Its influence is seen in Shakespeare and the

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35:29

The Power of Yes And.....

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/08/21

Join Max and Kelley as we discuss the Improv and Teambuilding Game - Yes And... It's a technique that keeps you in the affirmative and is something we've used in both acting as well as in our business training. It's so easy to go negative, which takes less energy on the front end but robs you of energy on the back end. Yes And... teaches you how to build on other people's ideas so no one feels like their contribution will be diminished. When people don't feel like

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37:06

The Play's the Thing!

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/08/14

In this episode, Max and Kelley talk about doing a play and script writer's festival and how they actually met at the Florida International University Playwright's Festival doing a play ironically called Whoredogs. As the Fates would have it, they kept on meeting randomly in other productions, including a children's theater version of A Midsummer's Night Dream. They also discuss good and bad behavior on sets and two great experiences with Bruce Greenwood and the Farelly

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40:03

Brevity is the Soul of Wit

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2023/08/07

Kelley and Max discuss the famous quote from Polonius in Hamlet, "Brevity is the Soul of Wit," and how it can translate to your creative projects (check out NoSweatShakespeare - Making Shakespeare Easy & Fun✔️ to find cool ways to learn about the Bard). So often, procrastination is not about being lazy; it's because you have so many ideas you don't know where to start. We discuss the heavy metal band Tool and its many influences. There's a quote from Tennessee Williams

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37:55

Show Don't Tell!

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/07/31

In this episode, Max and Kelley explore the best way to show what you mean rather than telling. In acting or business, it's a vital skill to have. For example, if someone acts up at a wedding, rather than mention it as a line of dialogue, do the scene where the mother-in-law has a meltdown - that's much more interesting. Max also uses examples from the acting guru. Jerzy Grotowski, on using an exercise in which you use animals to show what your character would be in the wild. Kelley also

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39:05

Your Business is Show Business

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/07/24

Join Max and Kelley as we discuss how similar the process is for casting a play or movie to trying to find the right "actor" or employee to fill the role in your company. We also look at how important acting is when dealing with the public and keeping that drama mask in place. Of course, we discuss the Writer's, SAG-AFTRA and possible Teamster's strike and how important it is to advocate and not undervalue yourself. Then there are the CEO's who make more in a day then one or

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25:27

So, I Could Be Wrong

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/07/17

Max and Kelley talk about knowing when you're wrong. Being able to admit that you might not see all the aspects of a situation is the key to emotional intelligence and makes you a better artist and leader. Many times, we've been delighted to be wrong. We also examine the difference between a sincere apology and a non-apology that pivots to the fault of the people who "might have been offended." Acknowledging that you made an error makes you human; your team will respect you

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34:01

The Theater of Food

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/07/10

Max and Kelley discuss how working in restaurants and the theater have overlapping premises. You have the front of the house, which functions as the actors in a restaurant; the back of the house, which is similar to the backstage, and the chefs and managers are the producers and directors. It might explain why so many actors work as servers. We also discuss how the structure of the meal works as different acts are similar to a play and how managing both with respect and honesty is the key to

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38:29

The Fine Art of Failure

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/07/03

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30:06

Making Interesting Choices

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/06/26

Join Max and Kelley as they talk about how to make interesting choices when creating a character or scene. It's important to know why the character does what they do, but more importantly, what are the choices that a performer can make to their character real and interesting. Kelley shares a time when a group of children in the audience taught her improv players how to work on a whole new level, and Max cautions about using things from your real life if you are not ready to. For non-actors,

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34:14

Heroism - It's Bad to be Bland

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/06/18

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40:21

Villainy - It's Good to Be Bad

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/06/12

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31:11

Taming an Inner Shrew

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/06/05

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47:54

Be Aware!

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/05/29

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35:41

Boo's Zoo Adventure & Other Stories

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2023/05/22

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38:18

Fun and Games

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/05/15

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39:21

Get to Know Us - Part 2

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/05/08

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24:40

Get to Know Us - Part 1

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/05/01

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0:51

Creative Actors Lab Trailer

Creative Actors Lab ·

2023/04/29

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